Thursday, January 15, 2015

ABCs of Smartphones and Tablets








The Many Uses of Cell Phones

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Iphone Introduction

Android
How 
to Set Up Your New Android Phone - Lifehacker

Set Up and Get to Know Your New Android Phone - Lifehacker


Windows Phone

Windows Phone 8 | Windows Phone How-to (United States) 






Google Play (Android IOS) https://play.google.com/store?hl=en




Public Libraries
Tucson Libraries will allow you to download ebooks with a card which requires an addressed enveloped sent to you in Tucson



Calendar/Reminders
Tip:  Set up all times by 15 minutes so you will not
have to add times when needed.





Email
Emergency notifications
Here is a list of participating carrier websites.  
Cellcom WEA Page



FITNESS
Find My Car

GPS
Games –Many to choose from on phone stores
Google
Gas – Cheap?
Garage Sale Finders


Health and Fitness
Hotspot 
Using your cellular data to access the Internet.  Check with your provider for cost and availability.  


I Tunes






Kitchen And Grocery Apps
Grocery

Lock Your Phone
Learn a Language

Music

Money

Note Keepers
News Apps


Open Courses

Overdrive Used by many libraries to lend e-books

 

QR Scanners
QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the is a barcode is a machine-readable optical label that contains information about the item to which it is attached. QR codes storing addresses and URLs may appear in magazines, on signs, on buses, on business cards, or on almost any object about which users might want information. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader application can scan the image of the QR code to display text, contact information, connect to a wireless network, or open a web page in the telephone's browser. 
Q Counts  (QR Scanner)

Spoken Notes
Skype
 A video communication program that allows both parties to see and hear.

Text Messaging
TV on Phone 
Car Tablets  Why not just integrate your iPad or Android tablet to the mix instead? It's got music, it's got navigation, it's easy to use, and you can even control it with your voice. 

U.S. State Complete includes all of the U.S. State Packages including, birds, trees, fish, seals and more. This package will contain all of the U.S. State programs and will be upgraded with future packages.

Voice Memos
Voxer , a walkie talkie app

Yellow Pages
White Pages



Who knew so much
was contained

 in one  small 
      alphabet!

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